Founded in 1289 by John Hastings on a rocky spur, the bastide of Hastingues offers a magnificent view of the rivers known locally as gaves and the plain. The imposing 14th century bastide sets the scene. Behind, half-timbered houses with red shutters and medieval gems such as the Maison du Sénéchal, in the purest English style, or the Maison des Jurats, facing the Saint-Sauveur church on the central square of the town. The real jewel of Hastingues lies below the village: the former Arthous Abbey, one of the most beautiful Romanesque ensembles in the Landes, founded in 1167. It has become the Departmental Heritage Centre and offers events and exhibitions accessible to all, with an interactive museum retracing the thousand-year history of this area at the crossroads of Gascony, the Basque Country and Bearn.

Hastingues